Brickyard Bend

Brickyard Bend (HMTME)

Location: New Cumberland, WV 26047 Hancock County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 28.726', W 80° 35.599'

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Named by boat captains for many brick works shipping from area. John Gamble first mined clay in 1830; James Porter had first brick works in 1832; five works in 1844 produced 1.5 million bricks. Later, over 20 plants, using local clay, gas and coal, including Captain John Porter's, Clifton, Mack, and Crescent, employed hundreds of workers and produced millions of bricks yearly. First shipped on the Ohio River; after 1886 also by Pennsylvania Railroad.
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HM NumberHMTME
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByNew Cumberland Woman's Club and West Virginia Division of Archives and History
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Date Added Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 7:39am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 534470 N 4480977
Decimal Degrees40.47876667, -80.59331667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 28.726', W 80° 35.599'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 28' 43.56" N, 80° 35' 35.94" W
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Area Code(s)304
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 393 Co Hwy 2/6, New Cumberland WV 26047, US
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